Baboucarr Fallaboweh
Story title -: The man redefining Gambian football ascends to WAFU Zone A throne / Invaluable role of fams in Gambia's 2021 AFCON success
Media House – The ALKAMBA Times
Bio
Baboucarr Fallaboweh is a Gambian football expert, football analyst & columnist. The Stockholm-based Journalist is a media officer, football Scout, PR, Influencer and Digital creator.
I started my journalism career as a football analyst in 2012 with Vibes FM and went on to work with CityLimit, West Coast, Hot FM, Freedom Radio, Eye Africa and Afri Radio as a content producer and presenter.
In 2013, I attended Football Daily on the BBC SPORTS where we discussed the different styles of Football played in Africa. I Went on to freelance for The Point Newspaper, Freedom Newspaper, Daily Observer and Standard Newspaper before being appointed as Sports Editor with the Alkamba Times in March 2022.
I have worked for Magazines like Glo Magazine and Foot54 covering Gambian football and African Football. Between 2020 -2021 I worked as a scout for the Gambia Football Federation, scouting talents for the U17 &U20.
From 2017 to 2021, I served as Media officer for GFF First division teams Team Rhino and Marimoo and also as media Officer of Banjul FC, fourth Division tier in Sweden and Darboe’s FC (Female second division club in the Gambia).
With Afrencon, I was a data analyst before I joined LightHouse September 2023 as a head scout for the Gambia project. In organizational structures, I served as the ambassador of the John Bass Kidney Foundation. I also served two positions in the Gambian organization in Sweden, as Sports chairman and the secretary of the associations.
After 12 years of being a football journalist, I was named 3rd best sports column writer in Africa year 2021 by the reputable sports media organization AIPS. I finished in the top 35 in the world with my article titled Back way: Gambian footballers in deadly Voyage to Europe. With over 500 articles and interviews, analysis, profiling, features and news, I was shortlisted for the Gambia Press Union National Journalist Award 2022. I submitted the article which was co-written alongside Momodou Bah From Living Through Despair to Being An Agent Of Hope, The Inspiring Story Of John Bass.
I covered the Gambia's maiden AFCON debut in 2021 in Cameroon.